Cleaning house: Reduce your exposure to toxins at home

11:40 PM,
Jul. 9, 2013

Person holding spray bottle on grass

Written by

Susan Bloom | For the Asbury Park Press

Think that the everyday products you use to clean your home, groom yourself and store and serve food are hazard-free? Think again.

"In the U.S., there are 84,000 different chemicals registered by the government and 1,000 new ones added every year, most of which are unregulated under the 1976 Toxic Substance Control Act," said Dr. Aly Cohen, a member of the Wellness Board at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township, and author of a new book on environmental toxins set for release in March 2014.